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Congratulations to Prof. Barrie Borich–Recipient of the HumanitiesX Fellowship!

Barrie Jean Borich and Heather Montes-Ireland (WGS) have been awarded a HumanitiesX fellowship for next academic year. This marks the third year (out of three) that English faculty have landed this fellowship. Chris Green was the first, then Miles Harvey, and now Barrie Borich!

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Check Out Miles Harvey’s The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony: Definitive Edition with Previously Unpublished Material, a New Short Story Published in Conjunctions

In the mood for a story about a scam artist posing as a man of God? Read the piece that novelist Karen Russell describes as “a mutant menagerie of literary fiction … an oasis for weirdness and wonder.” You can find The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony: Definitive Edition with Previously Unpublished Material HERE on Conjunctions.

A prequel to this piece, Beachcombers In Doggerland, was published in The Sun. Get the full story, read both!

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Tune in to Watch Francesca Royster in Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Friday, February 17, 2023 – 7:30pm to 8:30pm

This is a virtual event hosted on crowdcast.

Charis welcomes Francesca Royster in conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs for a discussion of Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance. A brilliant literary memoir of chosen family and chosen heritage, told against the backdrop of Chicago’s North and South Sides.

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